Cyclone Vardah updates: Chennai limps back to normalcy, no relief from rains

New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- India's IT capital Bengaluru and parts of southern interior Karnataka and northwestern interior Tamil Nadu are expected to receive moderate rains until Thursday at least as cyclone Vardah passes through the state on Tuesday.
The intensity of the rains will lessen as Vardah moves to Goa. Bengaluru recorded 60.88 mm of continuous rainfall since Monday evening causing trees to be uprooted and water-logging reported in a few low-lying areas of the city. Heavy rains lashed Andhra Pradesh as well.
The cyclone Vardah has claimed at least eight lives so far in coastal Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. It hit coastal Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh on Monday which saw wind speeds in excess of 100kmph with a maximum of 192km followed by heavy rainfall, leaving many regions underwater, disrupting power supply, suspending train services and affecting flight services. Vardah has left a trail of destruction in Chennai akin to the devastating foods of December 2015.
Here are the highlights:
* NDMA: "Expect Heavy Rains over north interior Tamil Nadu, adjoining south Karnataka and north Kerala for next 12 hours," tweeted.
* The meteorological department (Bengaluru) said that no warnings have been issued in the state as it is only experiencing moderate rains and winds which will subside gradually till Thursday.
* Heavy rains is likely to continue over southern coastal Andhra Pradesh, northern coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Tuesday, according to the Indian Meteorological Department, Chennai.
* Normal flight services have resumed from Bengaluru to Chennai, according to Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) officials. KIA has reported at least eight departures from Bengaluru to Chennai since Tuesday morning. The first departure from Chennai to Bengaluru took off at 10.20am. Bengaluru airport has had no disruptions in operations, according to KIA officials.
Published by HT Syndication with permission from MINT.